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WWUS20 KWNS 282247
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 530
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A BROKEN CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE MAINLY OF A WIND DAMAGE
THREAT, BUT ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AS STORM OUTFLOW
COALESCES LATER THIS EVENING AND THIS ACTIVITY PUSHES SOUTHEAST, THE
SEVERE RISK WILL TRANSITION TO PRIMARILY DAMAGING GUSTS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ANDERSON SC TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKY MOUNT NC. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 525...WW 526...WW
527...WW 528...WW 529...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
31030.
...SMITH
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